Due Diligence Playbook – IT & Technology

Assess the stability and validity of a target's technology capabilities

A comprehensive playbook to guide an organization though a detailed IT due diligence exercise and gain a thorough understanding of the Target's technology IT/environment.

• Assess the reliability and scope and opportunities arising from a target’s IT applications, processes, infrastructure and teams, and how well they meet current and future business requirements.
• Assists in the assessment and quantification of IT synergies to develop robust synergy cases.
• Identify the intended benefits, identify risks, barriers and enablers – including dependency on IT and stand-alone IT separation considerations.
• Helps in securing value and managing risk post-completion.

Covers the following sections:

• Initial discovery
• Operating budget and income statement analysis guidance
• Intellectual property (IP)
• Software review
• Hardware review
• Network and server review
• Storage
• Staffing
• Projects – existing and planned
• Automation
• Software license agreements
• Maintenance and support agreements
• Capital budget analysis
• IT operating budget analysis
• Use of external consultants
• Transition costs
• Risk assessment framework
• Integration considerations
• Integration considerations
• Disaster recovery
• Framework to review social media

*Note: The Due Diligence Playbook for IT and Technology is available to Midaxo customers at an additional cost. This playbook is also included in the Comprehensive Acquisition and Due Diligence Playbook.